Samrat Basak
@samratb.bsky.social
Single Molecule Localization and Super resolution microscopy enthusiast @labtinnefeld.bsky.social , LMU Munich
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This #Halloween 🦙🧛♂️ Alpacula brewed up #SMLM treat!
No more horror stories of no blinking & black holes ⚫️🔬Our single-domain anti-BOOdies 👻 #FluoTags and #SmartSecondaries now glow with self-blinking JF635b✨, delivering frightfully precise and simple #dSTORM imaging. 👉 bit.ly/4ffIkdB
No more horror stories of no blinking & black holes ⚫️🔬Our single-domain anti-BOOdies 👻 #FluoTags and #SmartSecondaries now glow with self-blinking JF635b✨, delivering frightfully precise and simple #dSTORM imaging. 👉 bit.ly/4ffIkdB
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This #Halloween 🦙🧛♂️ Alpacula brewed up #SMLM treat!
No more horror stories of no blinking & black holes ⚫️🔬Our single-domain anti-BOOdies 👻 #FluoTags and #SmartSecondaries now glow with self-blinking JF635b✨, delivering frightfully precise and simple #dSTORM imaging. 👉 bit.ly/4ffIkdB
No more horror stories of no blinking & black holes ⚫️🔬Our single-domain anti-BOOdies 👻 #FluoTags and #SmartSecondaries now glow with self-blinking JF635b✨, delivering frightfully precise and simple #dSTORM imaging. 👉 bit.ly/4ffIkdB
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We present a versatile microfluidics platform that makes multiplexed super-resolution imaging more accessible, reproducible, and high-throughput.
👉 BioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#SuperResolution #DNApaint #Microfluidics #SMLM #OpenScience #multiplexing
👉 BioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#SuperResolution #DNApaint #Microfluidics #SMLM #OpenScience #multiplexing
October 15, 2025 at 12:29 PM
We present a versatile microfluidics platform that makes multiplexed super-resolution imaging more accessible, reproducible, and high-throughput.
👉 BioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#SuperResolution #DNApaint #Microfluidics #SMLM #OpenScience #multiplexing
👉 BioRxiv: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#SuperResolution #DNApaint #Microfluidics #SMLM #OpenScience #multiplexing
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NEW PREPRINT: Spatial mapping of cell-surface protein glycosylation at molecular resolution 🍭🍬🔬
For the first time, we can analyze the spatial architecture of the cell-surface glycoproteome at single-protein and single-sugar resolution. #glycotime
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
For the first time, we can analyze the spatial architecture of the cell-surface glycoproteome at single-protein and single-sugar resolution. #glycotime
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Spatial mapping of cell-surface protein glycosylation at molecular resolution
Cell-surface protein glycosylation is a fundamental post-translational modification that plays a crucial role in membrane protein function and cellular behavior. However, elucidating the molecular spa...
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October 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
NEW PREPRINT: Spatial mapping of cell-surface protein glycosylation at molecular resolution 🍭🍬🔬
For the first time, we can analyze the spatial architecture of the cell-surface glycoproteome at single-protein and single-sugar resolution. #glycotime
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
For the first time, we can analyze the spatial architecture of the cell-surface glycoproteome at single-protein and single-sugar resolution. #glycotime
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Fiery kickoff for the 30th Single Molecule Workshop!
I’m super excited to see so many great scientists and big names in the field gathered here in Berlin.
Let’s go #WS30 🚀
#WS30 #SingleMolecule #Spectroscopy #Microscopy
I’m super excited to see so many great scientists and big names in the field gathered here in Berlin.
Let’s go #WS30 🚀
#WS30 #SingleMolecule #Spectroscopy #Microscopy
September 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Fiery kickoff for the 30th Single Molecule Workshop!
I’m super excited to see so many great scientists and big names in the field gathered here in Berlin.
Let’s go #WS30 🚀
#WS30 #SingleMolecule #Spectroscopy #Microscopy
I’m super excited to see so many great scientists and big names in the field gathered here in Berlin.
Let’s go #WS30 🚀
#WS30 #SingleMolecule #Spectroscopy #Microscopy
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Soo on stage presenting self-labeling enzymes with weak-affinity fluorophore labels for (1) high-density live SMLM using DeepSTORM (doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...) and (2) molecular counting ... great collaboration with @kjohnsson.bsky.social @juliankompa.bsky.social 🙏 #PQ30 @picoquant.bsky.social
September 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Soo on stage presenting self-labeling enzymes with weak-affinity fluorophore labels for (1) high-density live SMLM using DeepSTORM (doi.org/10.1016/j.bp...) and (2) molecular counting ... great collaboration with @kjohnsson.bsky.social @juliankompa.bsky.social 🙏 #PQ30 @picoquant.bsky.social
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Our new preprint is up! This is the main postdoc work of @wiesner-t.bsky.social focusing on exocytosis along the axon shaft and its regulation by the sub membrane actin-spectrin scaffold: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Read the thread below for a summary of our findings 🧵1/11
Read the thread below for a summary of our findings 🧵1/11
September 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Our new preprint is up! This is the main postdoc work of @wiesner-t.bsky.social focusing on exocytosis along the axon shaft and its regulation by the sub membrane actin-spectrin scaffold: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Read the thread below for a summary of our findings 🧵1/11
Read the thread below for a summary of our findings 🧵1/11
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Previous preprint is now published in RSC Chemical Biology.
If you are interested in plasma membrane labeling, see the paper! 👇
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
If you are interested in plasma membrane labeling, see the paper! 👇
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
September 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Previous preprint is now published in RSC Chemical Biology.
If you are interested in plasma membrane labeling, see the paper! 👇
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
If you are interested in plasma membrane labeling, see the paper! 👇
pubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...
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Happy to contribute to this new work from @micoxscopy.bsky.social et al, helping apply SSQUASH to analyse the shape of spectrin rings along axons. Data analysis is the next frontier in SMLM, and I'm always up for chatting, sharing data and see how we can push things further!
August 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy to contribute to this new work from @micoxscopy.bsky.social et al, helping apply SSQUASH to analyse the shape of spectrin rings along axons. Data analysis is the next frontier in SMLM, and I'm always up for chatting, sharing data and see how we can push things further!
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🚨
New Preprint!
Ex-dSTORM resolves fine details of the molecular architecture of CCPs, the 8-nm periodicity of microtubules, and the docking site of synaptic vesicles at the presynapse of hippocampal neurons.
▶️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New Preprint!
Ex-dSTORM resolves fine details of the molecular architecture of CCPs, the 8-nm periodicity of microtubules, and the docking site of synaptic vesicles at the presynapse of hippocampal neurons.
▶️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🚨
New Preprint!
Ex-dSTORM resolves fine details of the molecular architecture of CCPs, the 8-nm periodicity of microtubules, and the docking site of synaptic vesicles at the presynapse of hippocampal neurons.
▶️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
New Preprint!
Ex-dSTORM resolves fine details of the molecular architecture of CCPs, the 8-nm periodicity of microtubules, and the docking site of synaptic vesicles at the presynapse of hippocampal neurons.
▶️ www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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🚨 New preprint on bioRxiv! 🚨
Smart microscopy🔬 is reshaping life sciences—but progress is slowed by fragmentation.
@lhinderling.bsky.social & the Smart Microsopy Working Group maps the field & proposes a path toward an open, interoperable future.
🧵👇
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Smart microscopy🔬 is reshaping life sciences—but progress is slowed by fragmentation.
@lhinderling.bsky.social & the Smart Microsopy Working Group maps the field & proposes a path toward an open, interoperable future.
🧵👇
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
August 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 New preprint on bioRxiv! 🚨
Smart microscopy🔬 is reshaping life sciences—but progress is slowed by fragmentation.
@lhinderling.bsky.social & the Smart Microsopy Working Group maps the field & proposes a path toward an open, interoperable future.
🧵👇
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Smart microscopy🔬 is reshaping life sciences—but progress is slowed by fragmentation.
@lhinderling.bsky.social & the Smart Microsopy Working Group maps the field & proposes a path toward an open, interoperable future.
🧵👇
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
Proud to see this preprint out!
First time demonstrated Confocal MIET DNA-PAINT and has been a challenging but rewarding journey, and I’m excited about the possibilities it opens for 3D multiplexed nanoscopy in cells.
First time demonstrated Confocal MIET DNA-PAINT and has been a challenging but rewarding journey, and I’m excited about the possibilities it opens for 3D multiplexed nanoscopy in cells.
🚨 New preprint update! 🚨
We introduce Confocal MIET-PAINT — extending our 3D nanoscopy method with:
✨ High multiplexing capacity
✨ Isotropic nanometer-scale resolution (lateral + axial)
✨ Compatibility with custom & commercial confocal SMLM equipped with FLIM
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
We introduce Confocal MIET-PAINT — extending our 3D nanoscopy method with:
✨ High multiplexing capacity
✨ Isotropic nanometer-scale resolution (lateral + axial)
✨ Compatibility with custom & commercial confocal SMLM equipped with FLIM
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
August 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Proud to see this preprint out!
First time demonstrated Confocal MIET DNA-PAINT and has been a challenging but rewarding journey, and I’m excited about the possibilities it opens for 3D multiplexed nanoscopy in cells.
First time demonstrated Confocal MIET DNA-PAINT and has been a challenging but rewarding journey, and I’m excited about the possibilities it opens for 3D multiplexed nanoscopy in cells.
Excited to share — our project from @labtinnefeld.bsky.social with Heinrich Grabmayr from @jungmannlab.bsky.social has been selected for the CeNS Investment Fund from @cens-lmu.bsky.social !
www.cens.lmu.de/en/research/...
www.cens.lmu.de/en/research/...
August 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Excited to share — our project from @labtinnefeld.bsky.social with Heinrich Grabmayr from @jungmannlab.bsky.social has been selected for the CeNS Investment Fund from @cens-lmu.bsky.social !
www.cens.lmu.de/en/research/...
www.cens.lmu.de/en/research/...
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💥 We have 3 positions open in my lab in Basel, Switzerland🇨🇭:
#nanopores #smFRET #biomolecular #dynamics #singleMolecules
We’re looking for talented & ambitious new colleagues enthusiastic about biomolecular dynamics & single-molecule tech.
Please share broadly, thank you!🤝
schmid.chemie.unibas.ch
#nanopores #smFRET #biomolecular #dynamics #singleMolecules
We’re looking for talented & ambitious new colleagues enthusiastic about biomolecular dynamics & single-molecule tech.
Please share broadly, thank you!🤝
schmid.chemie.unibas.ch
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July 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
💥 We have 3 positions open in my lab in Basel, Switzerland🇨🇭:
#nanopores #smFRET #biomolecular #dynamics #singleMolecules
We’re looking for talented & ambitious new colleagues enthusiastic about biomolecular dynamics & single-molecule tech.
Please share broadly, thank you!🤝
schmid.chemie.unibas.ch
#nanopores #smFRET #biomolecular #dynamics #singleMolecules
We’re looking for talented & ambitious new colleagues enthusiastic about biomolecular dynamics & single-molecule tech.
Please share broadly, thank you!🤝
schmid.chemie.unibas.ch
Great lab and great PI to start with ...!
🚨 2 × PhD positions @EPFL! 🚨
Help us push the boundaries of fluorescence microscopy - DNA nanotech, custom optics & spatial omics in Lausanne 🇨🇭. Start Jan 2026. Send CV + motivation + 2 refs → fschueder@ethz.ch
#PhD #Hiring #microscopy #SuperResolution #SpatialOmics #DNAPAINT #FLASHPAINT
Help us push the boundaries of fluorescence microscopy - DNA nanotech, custom optics & spatial omics in Lausanne 🇨🇭. Start Jan 2026. Send CV + motivation + 2 refs → fschueder@ethz.ch
#PhD #Hiring #microscopy #SuperResolution #SpatialOmics #DNAPAINT #FLASHPAINT
July 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Great lab and great PI to start with ...!
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🔬🧬 New in @natcomms.nature.com: Nanoscale 3D DNA tracing in non‑denatured cells maps the #3Dgenome at nm‑resolution and reveals Cohesin‑dependent dynamic loops! 🚀 #OpenAccess
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@ellenberglab.bsky.social @jungmannlab.bsky.social
#Genomics #SuperResolution
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@ellenberglab.bsky.social @jungmannlab.bsky.social
#Genomics #SuperResolution
Nanoscale 3D DNA tracing in non-denatured cells resolves the Cohesin-dependent loop architecture of the genome in situ - Nature Communications
A nanoscale 3D DNA tracing workflow visualizes Cohesin-dependent loops in single, structurally well-preserved cells. Computer simulations based on the tracing data give further insight into how Cohesi...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🔬🧬 New in @natcomms.nature.com: Nanoscale 3D DNA tracing in non‑denatured cells maps the #3Dgenome at nm‑resolution and reveals Cohesin‑dependent dynamic loops! 🚀 #OpenAccess
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@ellenberglab.bsky.social @jungmannlab.bsky.social
#Genomics #SuperResolution
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@ellenberglab.bsky.social @jungmannlab.bsky.social
#Genomics #SuperResolution
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A "Small" update on studying the coating of single DNA nanostructures with a fluorescence lifetime sensor! 🧬🔬 Was a fun project at the interface of DNA nanotech and single molecule photophysics working in a great team! 🤓 🙌 @ameliehj.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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July 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A "Small" update on studying the coating of single DNA nanostructures with a fluorescence lifetime sensor! 🧬🔬 Was a fun project at the interface of DNA nanotech and single molecule photophysics working in a great team! 🤓 🙌 @ameliehj.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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It's here! ✨
The #ExSRRF protocol paper is out 😍. Full details for merging Expansion Microscopy with our eSRRF analysis. From cells to tissue. A partnership with @puellesv.bsky.social's lab. Lead by Dominik Kylies and @hannah-superres.bsky.social + colleagues. #ExM #eSRRF
➡️ Open link: rdcu.be/euvEw
The #ExSRRF protocol paper is out 😍. Full details for merging Expansion Microscopy with our eSRRF analysis. From cells to tissue. A partnership with @puellesv.bsky.social's lab. Lead by Dominik Kylies and @hannah-superres.bsky.social + colleagues. #ExM #eSRRF
➡️ Open link: rdcu.be/euvEw
July 3, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's here! ✨
The #ExSRRF protocol paper is out 😍. Full details for merging Expansion Microscopy with our eSRRF analysis. From cells to tissue. A partnership with @puellesv.bsky.social's lab. Lead by Dominik Kylies and @hannah-superres.bsky.social + colleagues. #ExM #eSRRF
➡️ Open link: rdcu.be/euvEw
The #ExSRRF protocol paper is out 😍. Full details for merging Expansion Microscopy with our eSRRF analysis. From cells to tissue. A partnership with @puellesv.bsky.social's lab. Lead by Dominik Kylies and @hannah-superres.bsky.social + colleagues. #ExM #eSRRF
➡️ Open link: rdcu.be/euvEw
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🎉 Major achievement for #LMU in the Excellence Strategy: All seven proposed Clusters of Excellence have successfully passed the review process and will be funded for seven years as of 2026. An outstanding result! 🎉 #ExcellenceCluster #LMUMunich #research Read more here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
May 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🎉 Major achievement for #LMU in the Excellence Strategy: All seven proposed Clusters of Excellence have successfully passed the review process and will be funded for seven years as of 2026. An outstanding result! 🎉 #ExcellenceCluster #LMUMunich #research Read more here: www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
May 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3
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Spatial and stoichiometric in situ analysis of biomolecular oligomerization at single-protein resolution
We are excited to present our latest work published in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We are excited to present our latest work published in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Spatial and stoichiometric in situ analysis of biomolecular oligomerization at single-protein resolution - Nature Communications
Extracting quantitative information on biomolecular oligomerisation with high resolution remains a significant challenge. Here, the authors propose SPINNA, a framework that compares nearest-neighbour ...
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May 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Spatial and stoichiometric in situ analysis of biomolecular oligomerization at single-protein resolution
We are excited to present our latest work published in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We are excited to present our latest work published in @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨 Join us in shaping the future of #SmartMicroscopy! We're hiring PhD & fellowship positions at the intersection of #photonics, electronics & #AI.
Check out our works in this field
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Please share!
#SPADarray #Microscopy
Check out our works in this field
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Please share!
#SPADarray #Microscopy
April 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🚨 Join us in shaping the future of #SmartMicroscopy! We're hiring PhD & fellowship positions at the intersection of #photonics, electronics & #AI.
Check out our works in this field
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Please share!
#SPADarray #Microscopy
Check out our works in this field
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
doi.org/10.1101/2024...
Please share!
#SPADarray #Microscopy
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#newPI and time is running.
It has already been a month since I officially joined the University of Warwick as Assistant Professor. I am excited to announce and build the Fluorescence and Membrane Dynamics (FMD) Lab:
warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/...
It has already been a month since I officially joined the University of Warwick as Assistant Professor. I am excited to announce and build the Fluorescence and Membrane Dynamics (FMD) Lab:
warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/...
April 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
#newPI and time is running.
It has already been a month since I officially joined the University of Warwick as Assistant Professor. I am excited to announce and build the Fluorescence and Membrane Dynamics (FMD) Lab:
warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/...
It has already been a month since I officially joined the University of Warwick as Assistant Professor. I am excited to announce and build the Fluorescence and Membrane Dynamics (FMD) Lab:
warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/med/...
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📢 The University of Frankfurt (Germany) is hiring a Full Professor in Organic Synthesis
-->Cutting-edge research in an open, collaborative environment? Check out the call and join one of Germany’s leading research universities.
#AcademicJobs #FacultyPosition
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
-->Cutting-edge research in an open, collaborative environment? Check out the call and join one of Germany’s leading research universities.
#AcademicJobs #FacultyPosition
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
Professor (W3) in Organic Synthesis - Frankfurt am Main, Hessen (DE) job with Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt | 12838450
Goethe University Frankfurt am Main invites applications for the position of Professor (W3) in Organic Synthesis at the Faculty of Biochemistry, Ch...
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April 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📢 The University of Frankfurt (Germany) is hiring a Full Professor in Organic Synthesis
-->Cutting-edge research in an open, collaborative environment? Check out the call and join one of Germany’s leading research universities.
#AcademicJobs #FacultyPosition
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
-->Cutting-edge research in an open, collaborative environment? Check out the call and join one of Germany’s leading research universities.
#AcademicJobs #FacultyPosition
www.nature.com/naturecareer...
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Collaborative work with the Shechtman Lab and @heilemannlab.bsky.social.
Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
One-click image reconstruction in single-molecule localization microscopy via deep learning
Deep neural networks have led to significant advancements in microscopy image generation and analysis. In single-molecule localization based super-resolution microscopy, neural networks are capable of...
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April 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Collaborative work with the Shechtman Lab and @heilemannlab.bsky.social.
Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check it out here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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